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Ahmanson Raises Hostile Bid

March 18, 1997|By Stanley Ziemba.

After insisting they wouldn't do it, officials of H.F. Ahmanson & Co. of Irwindale, Calif., raised their hostile bid for Great Western Financial Corp. in Los Angeles to $6.73 billion, topping by about $400 million the offer from friendly bidder Washington Mutual Inc. of Seattle.